SAB helps with alcohol syndrome

The Department of Social Development and SA Breweries are talking about how to tackle the high incidence of foetal alcohol syndrome.

19 Nov 2010

SAB helps with alcohol syndrome

The syndrome - which includes mental incapacity of children whose mothers drank alcohol while pregnant - is a big problem in Northern Cape and Western Cape, where a study has found 122 of 1000 children affected by it.

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